What kind of long term projects are you not working on....?

derbydad276 said:
F100 is still sitting
First person to show up with $1500 can have it I hate to see it sit unfinished
That's why I would sell it to someone at a low price to see it on the road
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What year F100 is it?

DRAG-ULA said:
The 48 is still sitting. I did pull the engine & took it to my shop for a rebuild & some dyno time.

However, I've been working on the 42, I just snagged the front subframe out of a Jaguar I'm going to put under it eventually.

And my poor imperial is sitting outside all winter. I'm bummed about that. She needs some love.
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That Jag IFS is a popular swap. There is a ton of info on those swaps on the Ford Truck Enthusiasts forum
 
derbydad276 said:
F100 is still sitting
First person to show up with $1500 can have it I hate to see it sit unfinished
That's why I would sell it to someone at a low price to see it on the road
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I just went through your build thread again. I think you should keep it. Just mothball it. I've had that 48 for 4 years. I'll eventually get to it. I am getting tired of it taking up space in the garage though.
 
Planned on getting more work done in the garage this weekend, batted 0/1000. Ended up spending the weekend wiring house lights and removing some old ratty ass wiring. If anything, it lightened the electrical loaf on the shared garage circuit, so thats a bonus. I'll be rewiring (adding isolated circuits to) the garage when its warmer.
 
I pulled one of the heads off the 318 that's going in my truck last week to see if they were worth keeping. (No) Does that count for anything?
 
I got the 42 moving under its own power. Backed it out of the garage and pulled it back in. I don't have any throttle linkage, and Tig rod wasn't working well. Once I get that made I'm taking it around the block.
 
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Nice to see some projects making progress. Mine is on hold for a couple months as I needed to finish my garage project. I picked up a hoist last year but the ceiling wasn't high enough to get the car all the way up. Now that I have that project done except for the attic access, I need to get my Firebird ready for spring. Then hopefully I can be back on my long term project. Sorry about the pics. I'm not sure why it keeps rotating certain pics.
 

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7BL0IFQTWUM

42 is mobile. I'm sitting on a bucket, the front windshield is taped in, it's hot wired to the battery, and it's running off a 2 gallon fuel cell under the hood. But I went around the block!!!!

It doesn't smoke as bad now, in the video the crankcase was full mostly of trans fluid & kerosene with just a couple quarts of oil. It's pretty sludgy in there.
 
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After a few years of not running, I fired the 1969 Mustang up and was able to take it around the block. Ive owned the car for over 15 years and have only ever backed it in/out of the driveway a couple times. So I put the first mile on it since the restoration. The power steering was being and asshole before the test drive so I pulled the belt off and took it for a spin. What a complete pain in the ass to drive, almost impossible because I put the smaller steering wheel on it.
 
mustangmike6996 said:
After a few years of not running, I fired the 1969 Mustang up and was able to take it around the block. Ive owned the car for over 15 years and have only ever backed it in/out of the driveway a couple times. So I put the first mile on it since the restoration. The power steering was being and asshole before the test drive so I pulled the belt off and took it for a spin. What a complete pain in the ass to drive, almost impossible because I put the smaller steering wheel on it.
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Not on the back burner any more. 86 VW Cabriolet VR6 conversion. Driver's side and passenger side mounts fabbed and tacked... Which is good since I decided to shift the motor 10mm rearward yesterday and lifted the motor 10mm. Up for halfshaft clearance, rearward to get more clearance to the rad. So glad I have resisted the urge to fully weld those mounts. Also started making the torque reaction mount, based on the MKIV mount design. Ordering exhaust tubing tonight to build the exhaust from the manifolds back.
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I started working on the 48. Old rear end is gone, have an 8 3/4" going in. Also snagged a 360 block, so I'm building a mild 360 for it instead of the 318.
 
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